Toporov, Vladimir Nikolaevich

He graduated from the philological faculty of Moscow State University (1951) and graduate school there (1954). Junior and Senior Researcher (1954–1961), Leading Researcher, Head of the Structural Typology Sector, Chief Researcher at the Institute of Slavonic and Balkan Studies (1961–2005). Doctor of Philology (1988), Chief Researcher at the Institute of Higher Humanitarian Studies of the RSUH (since 1992), full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1991; Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in the Department of Literature and Language since December 15, 1990 ), full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences natural sciences "(1993).

Member of the editorial boards of scientific journals “Balto-Slavic Studies” (1980–2005), “ Questions of Linguistics ”, “Etymology” (1963–2005), “Linguistica Baltica”, “International Journal of Poetics” (1992–2005), “Kodikas” (1992–2005), Proverbium (1992–2005), Russian Literature (1997–2005), and others. Member of the international editorial board of the Arbor Mundi magazine (The World Tree).

Member of Academia Europaea , International Semiotic Society, International Language Origin Society, member of the International Philosophic Peirce Society. Honorary member of the Academy of Sciences of Latvia . Doctor honoris causa of Vilnius University . Member of the Semiotic Society of the United States.

He died on December 5, 2005 in Moscow, and was buried in the Pyatnitsky cemetery ^[2] .

Laureate of the State Prize (1990) - for participating in the work on the encyclopedia " Myths of the Nations of the World " (in protest against the tragic events in Vilnius on January 13, 1991, he refused the prize), A. Solzhenitsyn Prize (1998) ^[3] , prizes named after Andrei Bely (2003).

He was awarded the Order of Honor (1997), the Lithuanian Order of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas (1999) and the highest award of Latvia - the Order of the Three Stars (2002).

• linguistics : comparative historical linguistics , Indo-European , Indology , Slavic , Baltic , Russian , toponymy ;
• literary criticism : problems of poetics , text structures, history of literature ;
• folklore , religion and mythology , cultural studies , spiritual culture, semiotics on the material of Indo-European ethno-linguistic traditions, especially Slavic (with an emphasis on Russian), Baltic, Indo-Iranian, ancient.

In 1960, Toporov was the first to translate completely into Russian and put into circulation the most important text of the Pali canon of Theravada , Dhammapad (423 aphorisms of the Buddha), resuming the Bibliotheca Buddhica series, which was interrupted during repressions in the USSR in 1938.

He was a husband and a frequent co-author of the orientalist T. Ya. Elizarenkova (1929–2007). Two daughters also became humanities scholars: Tatiana (born 1960) is a leading researcher at the Institute of Linguistics ^[4] , Anna (born 1963) is a leading researcher at the Institute of World Literature ^[5] . Sister Irina (1940–2015) is an Africanist linguist.

The author of about 1500 works. Main publications:

Translations

• Dhammapada / Per. with Pali, the preface and comments of V. N. Toporov. (Series “ Monuments of Literature of the Peoples of the East ”). Moscow: Izd-vost. lit-ry. 1960

Monographs

• Sanskrit. Moscow: Izd-vost. lit-ry. 1960. 134 p. 1300 copies. (Series “ Languages ​​of foreign East and Africa ”) Co-authors. Vyach. Su Ivanov .
• Locative in Slavic languages. Moscow: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1961. 379 p.
• Linguistic analysis of hydronyms of the Upper Dnieper region. Moscow: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1962. 270 pages. Co-author. O. N. Trubachev .
• Pali language. Moscow: Science. 1965. 248 p. 1200 copies (Series " Languages ​​of the peoples of Asia and Africa "). 2nd ed., Ext. M .: East. Lit. 2003. et al. T. Ya. Elizarenkova
• Slavic language modeling semiotic systems : Ancient period. Moscow: Science, 1965. 246 pp. Co. V.V. Ivanov
• Research in the field of Slavic antiquities: Lexical and phraseological issues of text reconstruction. Moscow: Science, 1974. 342 p. Co. V.V. Ivanov
• The Prussian language (vol. 1–5, 1975–1989, edition not completed) [1] .
  • HELL. 1975. 399 p. 2150 copies.
  • Eh. 1979. 352 p. 1900 copies.
  • Ik. 1980. 384 p. 1950 copies.
  • Kl. 1984. 429 p. 1700 copies.
  • L. 1990. 424 p. 1300 copies.
• Akhmatova and Blok: (To the problem of building a poetic dialogue: Akhmatova's “Blok” text). Berkeley, 1981. 203 p.
• Neomythologism in Russian literature, early 20th century: Roman A. Kondratieff, "On the banks of Yaryni". Trento, 1990. 326 p.
• Pushkin and Goldsmith in the context of Russian Goldsmithians: (to the statement of the question). Vienna, 1992. 222 p. (Wiener Slawistischer Almanach, Sonderb. 29)
• Toil in Christ (creative soul-gathering and spiritual sobriety). 1. Russian literature. XXXIII: Special issue. Amsterdam, 1993. 160 p.
• Aeneas is a man of fate: (to the "Mediterranean" personology). M .: Radiks, 1993. Part 1. 195 pp.
• "Poor Lisa" Karamzin: Reading Experience: On the bicentenary from the day of its publication. Moscow: RSUH, 1995. 511 p.
• Holiness and saints in the Russian spiritual culture. Moscow: Sc. “Languages ​​rus. culture, 1995-1998.
  • T. 1: The first century of Christianity in Russia (inaccessible link from 20-05-2013 [2264 days] - history , copy ) . 875 pages .;
  • T. 2: Three centuries of Christianity in Russia (XII-XIV centuries): The memory of Rev. Sergius: I. Shmelev - “Divine-worshiping”. 863 pp.
• On the "block layer" in the novel by A. Bely "Silver Dove". Amsterdam 1996. 230 p.
• Ayurveda drama Shudraki "Clay Wagon": An invitation to slow reading. Moscow: Science: O. G. I., 1998. 412 pages.
• The prehistory of literature among the Slavs: Experience of reconstruction: An introduction to the course of the history of Slavic literatures. Moscow: RSUH, 1998. 319 pages.
• Strange Turgenev: Four chapters. Moscow: 1998. 188 p. (Readings on the history and theory of culture / RSUH; Vol. 20.)
• The beginning of Lithuanian writing. Martynas Mazvidas in the context of time (On the 450th anniversary of the publication of the first Lithuanian book). Moscow: Baltos lankos / House of Jurgis Baltrušaitis, 2001. 117 p.
• From the history of Petersburg apollinism: its golden days and ruin. M .: OGI, 2004. 264 p. 3,000 copies ISBN 5-94282-129-1

Articles and collections of articles

Collections of articles:

• On the mythopoetic space: Fav. Art. Pisa: ECIG, 1994. 316 p.
• Myth. Ritual. Symbol. Image: Research in the field of mythopoetic: Favorites. Moscow: Ed. group "Progress-Culture", 1995. 624 p.
• Baltų mitologijos ir ritualo tyrimai. Vilnius: Aidai, 2000. 365 p. [Research in the field of Baltic mythology and ritual. Favorites]
• Miasto i mit / wybrał, przełożył i wstępem opatrzył Bogusław Żyłko, Gdańsk: Słowo / Obraz Terytoria, 2000. 350 s.
• From the history of Russian literature. V. 2: Russian literature of the second half of the 18th century: studies, materials, publications. M.N. Muravyev: Introduction to the creative heritage. Moscow: “Languages ​​rus. culture, 2001-2003. Prince 1. 912 p .; Prince 2. 928 pages.
• Przestrzeń i rzecz / tłum. Bogusław Żyłko. Kraków: Tow. Autorów i Wydaw. Prac Nauk. Universitas, 2003
• Petersburg text of Russian literature. St. Petersburg: Art - St. Petersburg, 2003 616 pp.
• From the history of St. Petersburg Apollinism: its golden days and its collapse. - OGI, 2004. 264 pp., Ill. ( included in the previous edition, but without illustrations - nES )
• Research on etymology and semantics. In 4 vols. M .: “Languages ​​of Slavic cultures” - “Handwritten monuments of Ancient Russia”, 2004–2010.
  • T. 1. The theory and some of its particular applications. Moscow: M .: YASK, 2004. 816 p.
  • T. 2. Indo-European languages ​​and Indo-Europe.
    • Prince 1. M .: YASK, 2006. 544 p. 1000 copies.
    • Prince 2. M .: YASK, 2006. 728 p. 1000 copies.
  • V. 3. Kn. 1. Indo-Aryan languages. M .: YASK, 2009. 376 p. 800 copies. ISBN 978-5-9551-0332-7
  • V. 3. Kn. 2. Indian and Iranian languages. M .: YASK, 2010. 384 p. 800 copies ISBN 978-5-9551-0419-5
  • V. 4. Kn. 1. Baltic and Slavic languages. M .: YASK, 2010. 416 p. 800 copies. ISBN 978-5-9551-0388-4
  • V. 4. Kn. 2. Baltic and Slavic languages. M .: DPR, 2010. 512 p. 800 copies. ISBN 978-5-9551-0442-3
• World tree: Universal sign complexes. M .: Handwritten monuments of Ancient Russia, 2010.
  • - T. 1 (448 p., Ill.) ISBN 978-5-9551-0434-8 ;
  • Volume 2 (496 p., Inset) ISBN 978-5-9551-0405-8 . (The book contains works of different years, grouped around the theme of the world tree.)

Some articles:

• Significance of the Belarusian area in ethnogenetic research // Slavs: administrations and institutions: International Canferrance (Minsk, May 24-27, 1990): Tazіsy dakladak i i pavedamlennyaў. Section 2. Etnagenez Slavs. Minsk, 1990. P. 87-90.
• Towards a Reconstruction of the Myth of the World Egg // Works on Sign Systems, vol. 3, Tartu, 1967

Ad .:

• Commentary “On the Buddhological Studies of F. I. Scherbatsky” (and ed. Of translations) // F. I. Shcherbatsky. Selected Works on Buddhism. Moscow: Science, 1988, pp.263-419
• Space and text // Text: semantics and structure. M., 1983, p. 227–284
• The text of the city of Virgo and the city of a harlot in the mythological aspect // Studies on the structure of the text. M., 1987, p. 121-132
• Thing in the anthropocentric perspective // Aequinox. M., 1993, p. 70-94
• Socrates of Plato's “Apologies of Socrates” as a man of “axial time” // Slavic and Balkan linguistics. Man in the space of the Balkans. - M .: Indrik, 2003, p. 7-18

• Bushuy A. M., Sudnik T. M., Tolstaya S. M. Bibliographic index on Slavic and general linguistics: V.N. Toporov. - Samarkand, 1989.
• Polytropon: on the 70th anniversary of VN Toporov / resp. ed. T.M. Nikolaev . - M .: Indrik , 1998;
• Nikolaeva T. M. Akademik V.N. Toporov (on the 70th anniversary of his birth) // News of the Russian Academy of Sciences. A series of literature and language . 1998. T. 57. No. 4;
• Petrukhin V. Ya. , Tolstaya S. M. On the 75th anniversary of V. N. Toporov // Odyssey. The man in the story . - M., 2003;
• Dybo V. A. On the 75th anniversary of V. N. Toporov // Balto-Slavic studies. - M., 2004. Vol. sixteen;
• Ivanov Vyach. Su Vladimir Nikolaevich Toporov (July 5, 1928 - December 5, 2005) // Odyssey. Man in history, 2006.- M .: Nauka, 2006;
• New Literary Review . 2006. № 1;
• Vladimir Nikolaevich Toporov (1928–2005) / comp. G. G. Gracheva; auth. entry Art. Vyach. Su Ivanov, N. N. Kazansky . - M .: Nauka, 2006 ( Materials to the biobibliography of scientists . Ser. Literature and language. Vol. 28). - ISBN 5-02-033192-9
• East and West in the Balkan picture of the world: in memory of VN Toporov. - M .: Indrik, 2007.

• Vladimir Nikolaevich Toporov's profile on the official website of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Page on the IOM RAS website
• Page on the RSUH website
• Historical background on the website of the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Photo with Mikhail Eisenberg at the presentation of the Andrei Bely Prize
• Interview on the site dedicated to returning the historical name Königsberg to Kaliningrad; photo with A.I. Solzhenitsyn (inaccessible link from 20-05-2013 [2264 days] - history , copy )
• Bogomolov N. A. Gasparov and Toporov (memories with a break)
• Bocharov S. G. Obituary (inaccessible link) in the " Russian Journal " (inaccessible link from 20-05-2013 [2264 days] - history , copy )
• Vishnevetsky IG. In memory of Toporov
• Meylah M. B. Obituary in Moscow News
• Meylah MB "In our age of demythologization to think mythologically"
• Revzin G.I. Obituary in Kommersant
• Tolstaya S. M. Hypertext Vladimir Nikolayevich Toporov // “ New Literary Review ”, 2006, No. 77
• Tsivyan T. V. The text of life (Vladimir Nikolaevich Toporov, 1928–2005) // “ Domestic Notes ”, 2005, No. 6
• Petersburg text by Vladimir Toporov
• Prussian Revival Dictionary